Provides data showing student recruitment; job assignment of graduates; revenue and expenditure allocations; and management reforms at Beijing University (China). Reports that more new students are coming from senior high schools and that fewer students from peasant families are entering the university. Provides concrete empirical data. (KO)

Twenty-five first-graders referred for special education and 10 control children were administered standardized and experimental tasks. Scores were used to form subgroups based on presence/absence of risk factors (such as poor work-related skills and poor comprehension of discourse), and degree of risk for referral was determined for each…

Discusses the role of U.S. history in world history. Describes the International Baccalaureate program and its influence upon precollege students in preparing them for the intellectual demands of university study. Reviews the Baccalaureate curriculum's emphasis on regional studies and integration of histories. (KO)

Israeli elementary-level hearing-impaired students (N=188) were studied to determine the relation between background variables (family characteristics, student characteristics, and educational intervention) and educational placement (special schools, special classes, or regular classes). Placement was found to be related to socioeconomic status,…

Investigates factors contributing to difficulties faced by China's female college graduates seeking a job. Suggests publicizing the idea of women's liberation while increasing the training of women, correcting the expectations of the traditional role, eliminating the idea of child rearing as a personal matter, and protecting women in the course of…

Interviewed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals in 1993, the president of McDonald's USA addressed the overlapping of skills acquired in the McDonald's work place with those acquired in school. He noted an adequate balance between work and school is necessary for success and viewed employment as a complement to a high school…

Examines issues associated with transracial (black to white) adoption decisions. Discusses racial disparity in supply and demand for adoptable children, the institutional framework, early development of attachment in children, attachment issues in foster care and adoption, the significance of racial identity in early childhood, racial identity…

International alumni programs can strengthen relationships overseas, stimulate student recruitment efforts, and provide student placement options. A strong overseas program benefits from a careful strategy, thorough research, faculty cooperation, innovative use of communications technology, and support of chapter objectives. (MSE)

Some college students know exactly what kind of career they want, while some progress most of the way through their senior year without giving career issues too much attention. Discusses whose responsibility it is to get students interested in career issues. College (career services), employer, and student responsibility are examined. (JBJ)

Follow-up of 972 children for 6 months after sexual victimization found that those children most likely to enter therapy were Caucasian, between the ages of 7 and 13, had cases in which the Department of Children's Services of Los Angeles or law enforcement were involved, were placed outside the home, and experienced abuse of greater frequency.…

Describes the background to the 1994 Reemployment Act, finding a need for the act in the current economic environment and increase in laid off workers resulting from automation. Describes key elements of the act, including the comprehensive dislocated workers initiative and competitive grants to operate universal one-stop career counseling and…

This article reviews historically the overrepresentation of Latino and African-American students in special education; examines the influence of court cases, debate about systemic issues, demographic and socioeconomic changes, the construction of minority students' school failure, and the fallacy of the cultural diversity-disability analogy; and…

This article provides a legal update on the issue of residential placements for students with disabilities and discusses practice considerations in light of national trends toward greater integration and curbing of rising costs through providing incentives for community-based programs. Practices in Virginia are used as an example. (DB)

Special education directors, special education teachers, and Indian education directors from 25 northern Minnesota rural school districts were surveyed concerning special education practices involving Native American students. Although most respondents were satisfied with the referral and placement process, Indian education directors expressed…

Seven articles on hospitality management training discuss the following: computerized management games for restaurant manager training, work placement, real-life exercises, management information systems in hospitality degree programs, modular programming, service quality concepts in the curriculum, and General National Vocational Qualifications…